The Happy Hour episode 7: PROP TALK

Malakai Wade, shaylyn martos, and Olivia Wynkoop • Nov 6, 2020

Welcome back to the Happy Hour!

This week has been a doozy, to say the least – it feels like it will never end! On today’s episode, hosts Malakai and shaylyn are joined by Xpress Social Media Editor Olivia Wynkoop to talk about which California proposition results made us happy and which show us the way forward.

Plus, a special cocktail for someone who reviewed the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Rate and review if you want a tailor-made cocktail too! Listen anywhere you get your podcasts, and find us on Instagram @thhpodcast and on Twitter @happyhournews. Also, the recipe for this week’s tailor-made cocktail can be found here.

Thank you to Arman Billimoria for our theme music. Pour yourself a glass of your favorite beverage and enjoy this election week episode. The Happy Hour Podcast is produced in collaboration with Golden Gate Xpress Newspaper and Xpress Magazine at SF State.

Golden Gate Xpress CA Ballot Measure Voting Guide

Reference Material and Background Info:

California proposition results favor corporate funded legislation, voting rights for parolees (link)

California youth seek to overturn aged-out voting statute (link)

Drivers brake on supporting Proposition 22 (link)

Incarcerated firefighter shares experiences as a first responder at San Quentin State Prison (link)

Prop. 25, which would have abolished California’s cash bail system, is rejected by voters (link)

KQED Election 2020 California Voter Guide (link)

About the Contributors

Malakai Wade

Malakai is a senior journalism student at SFSU and the Editor-in-Chief of Xpress Magazine. She is in her last semester after finishing a minor in International Relations. Malakai wants to focus on multimedia productions such as podcasting and video, as well as magazine design and publishing. She likes writing about global feminism, community organizations, and other artists. She also co-hosts and produces The Happy Hour Podcast, a comedy/news/talkshow all about happy stories. Catch her at home or wearing a mask when she goes out.

shaylyn martos

shaylyn martos (she/her) works to provide better representation of LGBTQ+ people in media, and produces stories that address possible solutions to larger, systemic issues. She currently serves as multimedia editor for SF State's Golden Gate Xpress and produces The Happy Hour Podcast. In 2019, shaylyn was honored as an NPR Next Generation Radio Mentee. When not chasing a story, shaylyn can be found reading speculative fiction, cooking her favorite native Chamorro foods or bombing at a stand-up open mic. She's online @shaylynmartos

Olivia Wynkoop

Olivia Wynkoop is a 3rd year online/print journalism student, political science nerd and big-time sushi lover. She's currently the managing editor of Golden Gate Xpress and a reporter at the SF Examiner. A textbook Gemini, Wynkoop's passion to learn and connect with others drives her to pursue all sorts of human-interest topics -- whether that's covering LGBTQ+ movements in the Castro, advocating for international students during an F-1 visa scare or documenting first-time freshmen experience college in a virtual world. Other interests include listening to live jazz, finding her inner zen in daily yoga practice and planning international trips with her family.